Josh Wise


125 games reviewed
70.4 average score
70 median score
68.8% of games recommended
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80% - Atomfall
Mar 21, 2025

Atomfall is a quirky new slice of apocalypse – or, at least, of highly localised doom. The setting is Cumbria, in the wake of the Windscale nuclear ...

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Our first order of business, with regard to Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered, is to note that no such games existed. Those contained in this collection...

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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector follows on from Citizen Sleeper, but it keeps its distance. It's set in the same world, where the chilly vacuums...

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is an independent game, in the truest meaning of the term, and, beyond the hook of its mysteries, you may be drawn to it by virtue of being tired of other things.

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Jan 27, 2025

A sweet tactical twist on a beloved series, Leikir has paid homage in the best possible way: by doing something new.

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered is a great way to play two underserved cult classics, with reams of extra material for the devoted.

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If you worry that single-player capers with plush budgets and a modest claim on your hours are destined for a museum, hopefully this will delay the entropy.

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Oct 22, 2024

Animal Well is one of those works that seem to have been scooped out of a single skull: a chilly clump of sweet dreams and obsessions, pleasures and manias.

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This is a handsome remaster that will hopefully win over new players, but for those already in love with Broken Sword, something is missing.

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Sep 19, 2024

There is enough pleasant fun here to divert you, and there are flutters of real invention. You just wish that it ran a little further.

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A choose-your-own horror without any fright, The Casting of Frank Stone has an intriguing plot that doesn’t end up delivering.

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Jul 31, 2024

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is not, nor was it, a good video game, but this loving remaster makes you think of what may still come.

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80% - CONSCRIPT
Jul 22, 2024

Conscript may not be a true survival horror, but it taps into that legacy and roots it in fertile soil.

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Kunitsu-Gami is exactly the sort of thing we need more of, the kind of game that you kid yourself used to crop up regularly in generations gone by.

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May 22, 2024

Braid is a classic, and this edition features beautifully redone art and music, with hours of excellent developer commentary.

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90% - Indika
May 15, 2024

Indika is a must. It stays with you, its heroine is fascinating, and its surreal vision is unsettling. You haven’t played anything like it.

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50% - Sand Land
Apr 24, 2024

A bright and vibrant world filled with dull combat and a plodding story.

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Mar 4, 2024

Skull and Bones is a dull exercise in checklist progression, spiced here and there with some impressive sailing.

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Fluid platforming and frenetic combat, with some lovely spectacle and a dull story.

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Dec 6, 2023

If there is any criticism to be made of Jusant, it's that developer Don't Nod – no stranger to over-egging the narrative pudding at times – couldn't hold its tongue, filling the beautifully spartan climb with diaries, logs, and otherwise unnecessary lore. But the game's focus on its core climbing mechanics, and some of the finest art direction we've yet seen, still make this an essential journey.

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